LIVE STOCK SALES

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2519, 21 July 1915, Page 10

LIVE STOCK SALES

.A f 'jifessrs.'.'Dalgety; aiid' Co%. Ltd., report on :lt]ieir' fortnigMly -Diaiuievirke sale, held on. l*riday, asfollowsA good, yarding of fill clashes of sheep camo forwards for ■v.; which? there was e. particularly good dejjnand. i.-Ewes in lamb sold extremely well, .'most.lines of ;'which went t to:outside die- ; 'trict,'arid, taking .the sale throughout it ■ 'jmust ; be considered one of ,tlto best sales -Qicld-in ! V\Dannevirke for some years. Wo £'«old.'ftto. whole of our entry at- the following prices Sheep: Small hoggets, 13s. ' .' to 14s. ,9d.;; fair, lines, t0,155. 6d.; .medium \two-tooth 'wethers, to 225. 6d.; four-year ■' ewea:'in. lamb,...ex. Marigahuia, 225. lid.;' . , full-mouth ewes in lamb, 17s. t0255.; mo- ■ rimm 1 two4ooth ov/03 in lamb, 255. 5d.; host lines, t0..255.; light wethers,'.to 255. 3d: Cattle: Backward heifers, in calf, £2 - ,10s. to. £3 . ss.'; empty heifers, £2,15.. Messrs. Dalgety and 00..' .Ltd.,. Masterton, report'having held their weekly'sale at ; Taratahii. -on Moijday, when there was a. good yarding of'stock, sheep of all classes - being.,keeiily sought after. Dairy stock was ,dull of sale. A total-clearance was ■ made of tho sheep at'the following prices: • -'Six-tootll 'tor five-year breeding ewosi to. S.D. rams, 275.', 2d.; four and five-year < breeding ewes, 145.'9 d., 15s. 3d.; to 20s-3d.; ■fat and forward two-tooth ewes and weth- . ors, 255. 2d.; fat and forward empty ewes, 245. Id.: fat and forward'cmpty.cwcs,..l6s. .-,9 d.; medium 7tf.S. woolly .-hoggets, 15s. _7d; • to 155...8d.j /good condition;.B.P.. hoggets,' ': . off turnips,:*'l63. Id.; .rams, ,86.>6d.< to; 9s. Oattlo: I .Two-forward'heifers,- £5'185." -. . The New,;Z?alMd"'lj6an';and ■ Mercantile. : A?cncy Go. vEangiotn- on.»Mori■day wo'Jiad'ft; of Seattle:"all of which keen competition; i vTinder the hammer... Weaner ; heifers, 355.-; ; twenty-months empty :h?ifers*, ,:'£2;. 10s.;'. £2' 165.; twenty-madths steers,.'£4-.145.-6d.-; aged 6tore cows; • £2-.'te; -£2" lis.';;store';cmrs; '£3, '■'•125... £<;■; £4 195.; forwardj.'raws, /£B'Vl2s.';, ', -ebringing heifers. •£6 :10s.; (bulls, .'£3'.ss. ;to•i£s 75. ; 6d.; nnbTOken,tra.p,;mare.; £11.10s.|; j;" ; Messrs/Abraham' arid;. William 6, Ltd.,re-

Jjort:—We held -.d.i very .-ale ' of dairy, cows on behalf of Mr. 'P. G. Milden,

of Kalranga, oil 'Monday:y:The.-'Cows.-.were 'ft good ? lot, in good, .condition,: :and , met: jwith keen comprtition.',-Those'..that had !just calved;.made, from -£6; 153: to;.£ll': 55., and averaged. £11 .per ,hoad.-: Twenty, of .the Ibest cows, calving -in Aiugust,-made-from-:i'£9. to £15-7s?' averaged - £11- 165.-

j Old co-iv's and •la"tl>""ialver.'< 'sold.', from .'£s ;ito £8 ,165., ( the whole herd "averaging, £9 ;180. a head.' The, heifers: were' well, growur '•end shdived'a lot' of qualityi but'were'latecalving, cud- made from £4 to £6 the I Sine averaging "£5 7s. 6d. ; The purebred ! Jersey -bull made £18 53.

SOUTHERN MARKETS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association,) Chrlstchureh, July 20. There is a deoidod quietness in both the grain and produce markets, and during the past lew days there h«6 been a marked decline in the demand. Thorc is every indication of an easier.tone in the wliwit nuarket, due no douht to somo extent to the towering of tho prioo of flour. It is imported from Birnodin that, Otaso millers liavc reduced their:buying limits forwheat to 65., and in Canterbury a line of Velvet wh&it has just ohanged'hands at-6s. 6d. at a country station.

.The oats market is also quiet. There are rumours of .another large Government order coming on tile market, but notkins infinite Is known. ' i ' Oatshea! chaff is not bo firm os it was. There* ie more on sale, and most buyers aro only offering £7 15s. at country stations. The demand for straw chaff has apparently fallen off altogether, and farmers who have made offers have been unable to effect sales. '.There is not much business doing in potatoes, and pricos arc without ohanue.